"We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the……" — Martin Buber
"We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully."
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90 Quotes by Martin Buber
Martin Buber has 90 quotes on this site.
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Solitude is the place of purification.
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There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the…
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All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
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A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has…
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The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
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Play is the exultation of the possible.
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I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open…
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An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
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To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.
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God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.
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There are people of spirit and there are people of passion, both less common than one might think. Rarer still…
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More Afflict Quotes
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Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred…
— Kelly Miller
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The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger…
— Martin Luther
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God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor…
— Jerry Bridges
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In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we…
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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Delusions are states of mind which, when they arise within our mental continuum, leave us disturbed, confused and unhappy. Therefore,…
— Dalai Lama
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We are all here on this planet, as it were, as tourists. None of us can live here forever. The…
— Dalai Lama
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Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
— Clarence Darrow
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The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the…
— Colin Powell
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The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and…
— Mark Twain
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
— Cardinal Richelieu
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The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict…
— Thomas Jefferson
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